according to an IMH report. Teo had finally snapped after his girlfriend dumped him, which drove him to commit the crime. It was further reported that while Teo was in remand, Teo's grandmother died from cancer. On 9 July 2008, Justice Tay Yong Kwang, who heard Teo's case in the High Court, convicted Teo (who pleaded guilty to his crimes) of the charges he faced, and sentenced him to 9 years and 2 months' imprisonment and 18 strokes of the cane. During sentencing, Justice Tay expressed his sympathy towards Teo for his unfortunate circumstances, advising him to turn over a new leaf while in prison. In his words, he said to Teo: 'My heart hurts for you that so young a man will have to spend some of the best years of his life in prison and have to undergo so many strokes of the cane, but I trust that you understand a deterrent sentence is unavoidable in the circumstances. Dave (Teo), you have had a very hard life. I hope that this unfortunate and traumatic wrong turn in your life will make you much more mature and a whole lot wiser and that you will spend the next few years reconstructing your young life. I hope that you will pursue your studies, listen to good advice from counsellors and learn many skills while in prison and that, upon your release, you will have a life full of meaning and purpose to honour the memory of your grandmother and your beloved younger brother. It has been written, 'To everything there is a season'. There was a time when you loved, there came a time when you hated. There was a time when you felt you wanted to kill, now is the time for you to heal. There was a time you were broken down, now is the time to build yourself up. There was a time when you were at war in your being, now is the time to restore peace within.' As for Ong Boon Jun, he was sentenced to 6 years and 6 months' imprisonment and 6 strokes of the cane for being in company with a person in an unlawful possession of a firearm; Ong later lost his appeal for a lighter sentence. Downtown East slashing Tay Yong Kwang was the judge who heard the case relating to the death of 19-year-old Republic Polytechnic student Darren Ng